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A. J. KAHN.

SPOOL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1919.

' 1,321,050. 7 Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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ARTHUR J. KAI-IN, or NEW YORK, 11. Y.

SPOOL-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. KAHN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in th county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Spool-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

It is a well-known fact that holders for spools have been constructed with a view of rotatably mounting a spool upon a table, or

similar support, so that the thread. may be conveniently handled without becoming entangled. I

In previous devices of this nature, it has been found that the same have proven impracticable, for one or two reasons. The first reason is that they were more or less complicated; the second, that where simplicity was kept in mind they were usually provided with a screw, or other Suitable clamping device for applying the holder to the supporting member, such as a table, the clamping device being usually located below the'level of the table, and in View of the flanges, legs, etc., which wound down under the deck of the table, it was often impracticable to firmly apply the holder to the table without marring certain parts of the furniture to which it was applied.

I have now devised a spool holder which 1 shall consist of only three parts, which parts are interconnected. Necessarily, I have provided the holder with means for securing it to the top of a table, or other piece of furniture, but I have constructed this fastening means in such a manner that no possibility of the same marring the furniture can occur, as it is at all times readily accessible.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder in which the fastening de vice serves as the prong upon wahich the spool itself is mounted.

A final object of the invention is to provide a holder of this nature which shall be so simple in construction as to be capable of being produced, on a quantity bases, at such a cost that the same may be readily obtainable by any one.

Attention is invited to the accompanying 1 drawings which illustrate one practical embodiment of this invention, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the deck of a table, or other piece of furni- Specification 01:. Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 41, 1919.

ture, to which the spool holder has been applied, certain parts of such spool holder being also illustrated sectionally;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail elevation, partly in section, of certain parts of the device; and i Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the lines 33 of Fig. 2;

In these drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates the deck, or other suitable support, for a holder, which includes a U-shaped bracket 2, preferably provided with a reinforcing flange 3 and a head 4 formed with an interiorly screw-threaded opening 5 in which is mounted a spindle 6.

The spindle 6 includes an ornamental head 7 below which is located a finger grip 8, which makes the spindle capable of being turned. A suitable distance below the hand grip 8 the spindle 6 is provided with screw threads 9 engaging the screw-threaded opening 5. The lower end of the spindle 6 is mashed out so as to form a flange 10, and a washer 11 provided with inturning ends is rotatably mounted upon such flange by means of overlapping flanges l2. Secured to the lower face of the washer 11, by means of pasting or any other suitable manner, is a felt disk 13.. Similarly secured to the upper face ofthe opposite arm of the U- shaped bracket 2, is a washer 14.

In operation it will now be seen that all that it is necessary to do to use this holder is for the spindle 6 to be rotated in an anticlockwise direction, by means of the hand grip 8, until suflicient space exists between the washers 13 and 14 to permit of the insertion therebetween of the support 1. I'Vhen this latter operation has been completed the spindle 6 may be moved downwardly, by moving the same in a clockwise direction by means of the hand grip 8, until the washers 13 and 14 firmly clamp against the upper and lower faces respectively of the supporting member 1. The spool may now be slipped upon the spindle 6. It will be seen that the clamp is so constructed that the furniture cannot be marred, and that a minimum number of parts are incorporated in this construction.

Further, I wish it understood that the head 4 may be entirely dispensed with, so that the arm of the bracket 2 may correspond to the arm upon which the washer 14: is mounted. The spindle 6 may be of any Having now described my invention, what.

I desire to claim is:

1. A spool holder including a U-shaped bracket provided through the outer end of one of its arms with a screw-threaded opening, and a spindle having a portion of its body formed with screw threads adapted to engage with the screw threads and project through the opening formed in the U-shaped member, the inner face of the opposite arm of such U-shaped member and the lower end of the spindle cooperating as a clamp whereby to hold the whole in applied position, the

upper end of such spindle being adapted to receive a spool.

2. A spool holder, including a U-shaped bracket provided through the outer end of one of its arms with a screw-threaded opening, a spindle having a portion of its body formed with screw threads adapted to engage with the screw threads and project through the opening formed in the U-shaped member, the lower end of such spindle belng formed with a flange, and a washer having its edges bent around such flange and rotatable With respect thereto, the inner face of the opposite arm of such U-shaped member and the outer face of such Washer serving as a clamp to retain the whole in applied position upon any desired object, the outer end of the spindle being adapted to receive a spool.

ARTHUR J. KAHN.

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